‘Can I have bail for my daughter’s wedding -in Romania?’

A Romanian man who turned his neighbour’s car into a death trap by slashing the brake cable has been locked up after a judge said: ‘I have to protect the public.’ Paul Sterkaj, 61, had been involved in heated disputes with Chinwe Mbah-Uzobude and took revenge vandalising her Honda. Sterkaj said he could not remember if he got under Mr Umba-Uzobude’s Honda in Dagenham on 11 July last year. Asked if he was guilty through an interpreter Sterkaj said: ‘Because…